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Keep Contraceptives on Drugstore Shelves
Target: Bobby Ison, Chair of the Virginia Board of Pharmacy
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
A disturbing trend has begun. "Pro-life" drugstores, which do not stock contraceptives like condoms, birth control pills or the morning after pill, are popping up across the nation.
A full 98 percent of women of reproductive age who have had intercourse have used a contraceptive. By not stocking contraceptives, these "pro-life" pharmacies are denying virtually all of their female customers items they turn to for reproductive health.
The scariest part is that these drug stores could fuel a trend that could deprive entire regions of basic contraception.
Virginia has no stocking regulations, allowing one "pro-life" drugstore, DMC Pharmacy, to keep contraceptives off the shelves. If the Virginia Board of Pharmacy enacted stocking regulations, it would send a message to legislative bodies across the nation. Tell the Virginia Board of Pharmacy that drugstores in its state have a duty to stock basic health care products.
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We signed the “Keep Contraceptives on Drugstore Shelves” petition!
# 100:
4:27 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Rebecca Robinson, Florida
Keep your laws off MY body!!!
Keep your laws off MY body!!!
# 99:
4:23 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Kathie Maffitt, New Hampshire
# 98:
4:23 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Alex Brideau III, California
# 97:
4:23 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Laura Sprague, Washington
# 96:
4:19 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Sharon Hull, California
# 95:
4:16 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Tracy Schuermann, Missouri
# 94:
4:16 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Illinois
# 93:
4:14 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Elizabeth Fleming, California
In my world it is a moral imperative that contraceptives be available for those who choose to use them. I believe that it is morally wrong to deprive a woman of the choice to prevent pregnancy, especially in this world today where people are losing their houses, crops are failing, the price of gas is skyrocketing and not everyone can afford health insurance. I will better spend my time trying to correct these things than trying to prevent someone from using contraceptives, especially if they need them to protect themselves from their partner's disease!!!! Because not everyone who has a sexual disease got it from being promiscuous. We cannot force their partner to contract that disease because we have some dogmatic belief that it is our duty to birth as many children as possible regardless of how well we can provide for them.
In my world it is a moral imperative that contraceptives be available for those who choose to use them. I believe that it is morally wrong to deprive a woman of the choice to prevent pregnancy, especially in this world today where people are losing their houses, crops are failing, the price of gas is skyrocketing and not everyone can afford health insurance. I will better spend my time trying to correct these things than trying to prevent someone from using contraceptives, especially if they need them to protect themselves from their partner's disease!!!! Because not everyone who has a sexual disease got it from being promiscuous. We cannot force their partner to contract that disease because we have some dogmatic belief that it is our duty to birth as many children as possible regardless of how well we can provide for them.
# 92:
4:11 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Seth Laursen, California
# 91:
4:11 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Arlene Naranjo, Florida
# 90:
4:07 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Paul Bruce-joy, United Kingdom
# 89:
4:06 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Dan Rolczynski, Washington
# 88:
4:05 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Linda Myers, Arizona
This is disgusting. What century are you operating in?
This is disgusting. What century are you operating in?
# 87:
4:04 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Kentucky
# 86:
3:58 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Bob Reid, Indiana
# 85:
3:56 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Ian Iverson, Michigan
I implore you to consider the consequences of drugstores not stocking contraceptives. One in four teenage girls have STDs because of things like this. Keeping contraceptives off shelves would NOT be progress.
I implore you to consider the consequences of drugstores not stocking contraceptives. One in four teenage girls have STDs because of things like this. Keeping contraceptives off shelves would NOT be progress.
# 84:
3:56 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Elizabeth Biddick, Ohio
come, rise out of the dark age of paternalism and see the beauty of choice.
come, rise out of the dark age of paternalism and see the beauty of choice.
# 83:
3:53 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 82:
3:53 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Gene Groom, Washington
# 81:
3:52 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 80:
3:53 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Martha Vest, Minnesota
# 79:
3:50 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Linda Klann, California
# 78:
3:48 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Niki Fanara, Texas
# 77:
3:46 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Laurel Watson, Arizona
We have a human overpopulation problem. We should be giving out FREE BIRTH CONTROL to anyone who will use it and snipping those who have too many kids.
We have a human overpopulation problem. We should be giving out FREE BIRTH CONTROL to anyone who will use it and snipping those who have too many kids.
# 76:
3:46 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Reggie Stiteler, California
# 75:
3:45 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Shannon Cowett, Virginia
# 74:
3:44 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Cate Groves, Connecticut
# 73:
3:42 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Deborah Yasbah, New Jersey
# 72:
3:39 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Kristi Patterson, Colorado
# 71:
3:38 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Paige Smith, Connecticut
# 70:
3:35 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Andrea Chisari, Florida
# 69:
3:34 pm PDT, Jun 27,
WENDY SMITH, California
# 68:
3:33 pm PDT, Jun 27,
0jala Tamy, California
# 67:
3:34 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Nancy Blaschke, Wisconsin
"# 44: Ann Wilson, Oregon You are not in the business of morality. You are in the business of commerce. You buy and sell. Morality is not your business. If you can't accept this you should find a more suitable business to be in." Can we get an "amen"? This says it all, plain and simple.
"# 44: Ann Wilson, Oregon You are not in the business of morality. You are in the business of commerce. You buy and sell. Morality is not your business. If you can't accept this you should find a more suitable business to be in." Can we get an "amen"? This says it all, plain and simple.
# 66:
3:32 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Teri Matheny, Texas
# 65:
3:33 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Rebecca Hemingway, Florida
# 64:
3:30 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, Colorado
# 62:
3:27 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Dawn Grib, Pennsylvania
# 61:
3:25 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Trish Lindsey, California
# 60:
3:22 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Melissa Webb, Texas
# 59:
3:22 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Greg McBride, New Jersey
# 58:
3:18 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Margaret Patrick, United Kingdom
# 57:
3:15 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Barbara Gifford, Kentucky
# 56:
3:16 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Ingrid Pfoertsch, Maryland
# 55:
3:14 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Elizabeth Rodriguez, California
# 54:
3:08 pm PDT, Jun 27,
James C. Talbot, California
# 53:
3:07 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Mary Lou Finley, California
# 52:
3:05 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Karen Simon, Illinois
# 51:
3:04 pm PDT, Jun 27,
Name not displayed, New Mexico